The GOP's budget would make summers hotter and your AC pricier
Each summer, millions of low-income Americans suffer in stifling homes, unable to afford the electricity needed to run an air conditioner. Prolonged exposure to extreme heat leads to a rising number of hospitalizations for high blood pressure, cardiovascular strain, dangerous dehydration — and worse. The danger is visible in the deaths of a woman on an Illinois roadside, an umpire at a youth softball tournament in South Carolina and a Texas postal worker walking his route. Others die alone, and their passing goes unrecognized as heat-related and uncounted in official records. Their suffering, year after year, remains invisible.
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